Reporting Accounts Assistant

We are recruiting for reporting accounts assistant to join our team in Brentwood on a fixed term contract. As the reporting accounts assistant, you will have responsibility for completing all month-end close processes, preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, supporting the UK Finance Team and the Finance Business Partners/FP&A's., You'll leverage your experience to analyse monthly management accounts, identify cost-saving opportunities, and facilitate data-driven decision-making. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to support budgeting processes and ensure compliance with company policies and internal controls. Key activities:

• Ensuring all month-end processes are completed in line with group reporting deadlines
• Preparing and posting month end journals such as accruals and prepayments
• Reviewing and understanding the financial results for your allocated UK operations and presenting those results
• to Finance Business Partners or FP&A's
• Working with Finance Business Partners to understand and explain variances to forecast, budget, prior month and prior year results
• Reviewing P&L commentaries before distribution to sites along with post month end 'deep dive' reviews - reviewing information gathered ensuring discussion is fully documented
• Supporting the Senior Reporting Accountants, Finance Business Partners or FP&A's with the annual budgeting and weekly forecasting processes
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring open items are resolved
• Supporting the control framework by ensuring documentation of monthly, quarterly and half yearly controls is completed as required
  
  Accounting or finance degree
• Started or interested in a professional accounting qualification such as AAT, ACCA or CIMA
• Experience in financial reporting processes and month-end procedures
• Experience in preparing balance sheet reconciliations
• Experience in supporting annual budgeting and weekly forecasting processes
• Experience working with Finance Business Partners or FP&A teams is desirable
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting and compliance
• Willing and capable of learning and working in a fast-paced environment
• Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of MS tools, especially MS excel
• Experience in using a Finance ERP system. Experience with IBM Cognos Controller, PeopleSoft or Sun Systems would be advantageous
  
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